This paper discusses health vulnerabilities of children in general followed by an analysis of data regarding health scenario of children below five years of age from

This paper discusses contraceptive use and discontinuation among women in north Vietnam, in the context of a strong culture preference for sons and a stringent two-child population policy. Among a random sample of 1432 married women aged 15-49 in a rural province in north Vietnam in l994, nearly

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.